{I received this product for free and was compensated for my time to review it.} I would venture to think most homeschool parents are often on the lookout for quality curriculum. Am I right? We spend hours pouring through catalogs, reading reviews online, maybe attending conferences, and definitely chatting with friends about the ULTIMATE question: So, what curriculum do you use? 🙂 Today, I’d like

Now into year two of this homeschooling high school journey, I’m happy to report there’s not as much fear and trembling for the years ahead. As a homeschool parent, I found equipping myself with information the best way to ward off feelings of being overwhelmed at navigating high school waters. It’s not all smooth sailing, but knowing help is available (and accessing said help) has been

‘We can’t go to the store now, it’s raining cats and dogs out there!’ ‘You’ll get through this, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.’ ‘If you advertise this for free, every Tom, Dick and Harry will come out to get it.’ Recognize the idioms in these sentences? Are you sure of what an idiom is? idiom |ˈidēəm|noun a group of words established by

The first thing to note is this iPad app is FREE! — so it’s a low risk, delete-if-you-don’t-like-it investment. Created by iCivics, Pocket Law Firm app turns the user into the owner of a law firm determined to defend the US Constitution. As the one in charge, you handle clients, helping to match their cases to just the right lawyer. Not so fast though — first, you

Many homeschool parents will have at least one subject in which they feel less confident teaching than others. For our family, while we appreciate visual arts and encourage learning artists and their works….the fact remains that actual instruction of art techniques is fairly weak. In comes Home Art Studio DVDs – help for families like us! What is Home Art Studio? Art educator Lindsay Volin has

Setting out to homeschool high school for the first time, we found ourselves looking at lots of curriculum – from biology to language and vocabulary – everything was new to us. Along with academics came a need to organize daily assignments. High school is a necessary time to learn skills of keeping up with one’s work load a little more independently than before. We searched

I’ve written about a great vocabulary resource we’ve found for high school and today I’d like to share another for high school biology — Science Roots. While reading through a friend’s blog post, I discovered the booklet and decided to give it a try. Latin study is a regular in our home, but I knew the roots necessary for biology understanding had probably not been

This summer while preparing for our BIG step into homeschooling high school, I came across a set of vocabulary flashcards that seemed interesting and helpful – Marie’s Words. Purchased without even looking up a review (unusual for me!), I’m so glad we got these little cards. Both my high schooler and I are pleased with them! Marie’s Words is a set of 550 cards, only 2.5″

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